Vow to catch race killers of dad, 75, knifed in back

GRIEVING relatives of a 75-year-old man stabbed to death yards from his home vowed to bring the killers to justice last night.

Mohammed Saleem's daughters appealed for his killers to hand themselves in

Mohammed Saleem, who used a walking stick, was stabbed three times in the back as he returned home from prayers at his local mosque.

The blows were struck with such violence they penetrated the front of his body.

Detectives said the vicious attack in Small Heath, Birmingham, on Monday night was most likely racially- motivated.

The 75-year-old father of seven had "no defensive wounds"

We just cannot believe an attack like this would happen to him.

One of Saleem's daughters, Shazia Khan

The father-of-seven had “no defensive wounds” in what has been described as a “cowardly attack” by the man leading the investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Payne, of West Midlands Police.

Officers want to trace a white man, aged 25 to 32, of medium height and build, spotted on CCTV footage running near the scene of the attack. Police also want to trace a seven-seater people carrier seen driving near the mosque with two male occupants, both white men in their 30s.

In an emotional appeal, two of Mr Saleem’s daughters Shazia Khan, 45, and Nazia Maqsood, 44, called for the killers to hand themselves in.

Mrs Khan, who lives in London, said: “We just cannot believe an attack like this would happen to him.”